[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Tomorrow I'll ask Carol Ammons to oppose the Saudi arms deal

Tue Jun 6 15:49:56 UTC 2017

Don't know if that's fair to Dr. Gill; he often works nights at the ER; Carol doesn't seem exactly pre-occupied by being a state rep.

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 10:17 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

 No, I was hoping you'd do it. It makes more sense for you to do it, since you are a vigorous public advocate of his candidacy. 

Robert Naiman
Policy Director
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:13 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

You've not been in touch with him?

Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 6, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:

Well, if David Gill is hard to get in touch with, maybe that's a warning sign about his candidacy. Carol is easy to get in touch with. 

Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
https://petitions.moveon.org/ sign/congress-vote-no-on- trumps?r_by=1135580

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:25 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana. net> wrote:

“…your man David Gill…”? I’m not working on his campaign & find him hard to get in touch with.
I sent him your MoveOn statement and asked for a response. Did you?
—CGE 

On Jun 6, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana. net> wrote:
I did not get called on during the questions. Niloofar did get called on, and asked a related question if not quite so specific. Carol answered Niloofar's question by criticizing U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen. 
I delivered our petition after the event to Carol's staffer Michelle. I also sent Michelle my letter in the News-Gazette yesterday:
Saudi arms deal must be blocked
http://www.news-gazette.com/op inion/letters-editor/2017-06- 05/saudi-arms-deal-must-be-blo cked.html

How about your man David Gill? Has he put out any statement on this? Unlike Carol, your man David Gill is already a declared candidate for the seat. Seems like something he should weigh in on. 
Here is a draft statement you could send him:
Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
https://petitions.moveon.org/s ign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps ?r_by=1135580

Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
https://petitions.moveon.org/s ign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps ?r_by=1135580

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:53 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana. net> wrote:

Bob—

What response did you get?

—CGE
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Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
Sat Jun 3 19:56:04 UTC 2017

Tomorrow afternoon this event is happening in Champaign:

IL - 13 Listening Session: Champaign-Urbana
Public · Hosted by Carol Ammons

https://www.facebook.com/event s/1855909114660297/

Yesterday I asked Rodney Davis to oppose Trump's Saudi arms deal. I
presented the IL-13 signers on our petition
<https://petitions.moveon.org/ sign/congress-vote-no-on-trump s?r_by=1135580>,
and asked him to cosponsor the bipartisan Amash-Pocan resolution against
the Saudi arms deal. Rodney Davis said he would speak with Amash and the
other Republican sponsors and get back to me.

Now Carol is asking: "What do you want your Representative in Congress to
do?" I figure that's an easy question for me to answer. I want my
Representative in Congress to oppose the Saudi arms deal.

So, I figure, why not take Carol the same petition I took Rodney, and make
the same ask?

I figure: if Carol opposes the Saudi arms deal and challenges Rodney to do
the same, it's win-win. Either Rodney agrees, in which case I win, or
Rodney doesn't agree, in which case it's a public issue and the
News-Gazette has to report on it and Rodney gets in trouble, in which case
I also win.

Is it plausible that Rodney, feeling a little heat, would agree to
co-sponsor the Amash resolution?

Last September, then-Illinois Senator Mark Kirk was one of only four Senate
Republicans to vote against the Saudi tank deal. The other 23 no votes were
Democrats. Mark Kirk had not previously been known as a critic of Saudi
Arabia or its "particularly aggressive" war in Yemen, as the Vatican puts
it.

What made Mark Kirk flip? Tammy Duckworth was breathing down his neck,
putting out a press release every time he didn't say "excuse me" after
burping.

Could we do that to Rodney Davis? Could we flip him with some pressure? If
not, why not?

I'll print out the petitions again around noon tomorrow. So there's still
time to sign.

Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal

https://petitions.moveon.org/s ign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps ?r_by=1135580

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org

naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

(202) 448-2898 x1

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